Christopher Hughes

Secretary to American Peace Commission at Ghent, 1814. Member Maryland. House of Delegates, 1815-1816. Sent on special duty to Cartagena, New Granada, 1816.
Secretary of legation, Stockholm, Sweden, 1816-1825, charge d’affaires during most of this period. Appointed charge d’affaires at Court of Netherlands by President John Quincy Adams, 1825. Charge d’affaires, Stockholm, 1830-1842, Netherlands, 1842-1845.

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Christopher Hughes, American diplomat. member Maryland. House of Delegates, 1815-1816.

Background

Hughes, Christopher was born in 1786 in Baltimore. Son of Christopher and Margaret (Sanderson) Hughes.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, College of New Jersey (now Princeton), 1805, A.M., 1808.

Career

Secretary to American Peace Commission at Ghent, 1814. Member Maryland. House of Delegates, 1815-1816. Sent on special duty to Cartagena, New Granada, 1816.

Secretary of legation, Stockholm, Sweden, 1816-1825, charge d’affaires during most of this period. Appointed charge d’affaires at Court of Netherlands by President John Quincy Adams, 1825. Charge d’affaires, Stockholm, 1830-1842, Netherlands, 1842-1845.